Dioxins (PCDD/Fs) and PCBs in offal: Occurrence and dietary exposure

• Published in: Chemosphere (Oxford) Vol. 81; no. 4; pp. 536 - 540
• Main Authors: Fernandes, Alwyn, Mortimer, David, Rose, Martin, Gem, Martin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal Structures - metabolism; Animals; Benzofurans - metabolism; Biological and medical sciences; Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; Diet - statistics & numerical data; Dietary intake; Dioxins - metabolism; Environmental Exposure - analysis; Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data; Food; Food Analysis; Kidney; Kidney - metabolism; Liver; Liver - metabolism; Medical sciences; Myocardium - metabolism; Polychlorinated Biphenyls - metabolism; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins - analogs & derivatives; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins - metabolism; Risk Assessment; Tongue - metabolism; Toxicology; WHO-TEQ; Dietary intake; WHO-TEQ; Liver; Risk assessment; Kidney; Food; Dioxin derivatives; Digestive system; Toxicity; Polychlorobiphenyls; Urinary system; Food intake; Risk factor; Contaminant; Public health

Offals are widely consumed in different cuisines, but information on the occurrence of dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in these foods is sparse. In the first structured investigation of its kind, this study reports levels of these contaminants in commo...